The Orioles still have time to add starting pitching. Or there's time to trade Manny Machado. There's a case to be made for either approach. Less understandable is doing nothing. And that's where the Orioles are at the moment.
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No team has won the World Series in back-to-back seasons this century, and while that sounds impressive, the Astros will tell you it means absolutely nothing. They're probably right about that, especially given the fact that every baseball season has its own unique set of dynamics.
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You see them in virtually every camp, every spring: players hoping to recapture the magic. This is the living, breathing definition of Spring Training optimism. Sometimes, it's as simple as getting healthy. But sometimes, it's more complicated. Sometimes, it's ironing out a mechanical issue or getting with the right organization.
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In Lewis Brinson, the Marlins just traded for a 23-year-old outfielder with the skillset to be a 30-homer, 30-steal player in the Major Leagues. He's precisely the type of high-ceiling, high-impact prospect that new Marlins chief executive officer Derek Jeter had in mind when this process -- you've heard that word before, haven't you? -- began six months ago.
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As we look a year ahead to the 2019 Hall of Fame ballot, we begin with one of the all-time Yankee greats, Mariano Rivera, leading a class of first-timers that includes late Blue Jays and Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, Rockies first baseman Todd Helton and Yankees lefty Andy Pettitte.
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If we're really lucky, we'll be debating the greatness of this era of young shortstops for the next decade. Sometimes, we just get lucky that way. Besides, what else are baseball fans supposed to feel when they channel surf through a baseball evening and catch glimpses of the Astros' Carlos Correa, the Indians' Francisco Lindor and the Dodgers' Corey Seager?
More»Carlos Correa is the No. 1 shortstop right now

At some point this season, the Washington Nationals are going to pencil center fielder Victor Robles in their lineup and leave him there. This will be an important moment for the franchise, because Robles could be one of those special players that comes once a generation or so.
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